Cutting-for-stone Quote by Abraham Verghese

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we…

— Abraham Verghese

“..but when one human creature dies a whole world of hope and memory and feeling dies with him. To be robbed of the dignity…

— Robertson Davies

“We live by our labors from one harvest to the next, there is no certain telling whether we shall be able to feed ourselves…

— Kamala Markandaya

“Some things are really necessaries of life in some circles, the most helpless and diseased, which in others are luxuries merely, and in others…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The extreme inequality of our ways of life, the excess of idleness among some and the excess of toil among others, the ease of…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“When death becomes an escape, when it becomes attractive, the purpose of life is fulfilled. To teach one it's futility, it's worthlessness, that is…

— Faiqa Mansab

“When we are healthy, wealthy and powerful, we forget about our mortality. It’s only when irreparable cracks set in that we come back to…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined those dead, those living, those generations yet to come that the fate of all is…

— Dean Koontz

“Mortality is a most curious Experience: In our youthful beginnings we eagerly sacrifice our health and bodies to have even the slightest worldly gain...…

— Raymond D. Longoria Jr

“Were it not for habit, life would seem delightful to beings constantly under threat of dying, in other words to all humankind.”

— Marcel Proust

“The very unfortunate result of this preoccupation with order, control, safety, pleasure, and certitude is that a high percentage of people never get to…

— Richard Rohr

“At least at times of loss, we are reminded of our priorities, of our many blessings. In times of gain, we can so often…

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